HTCs banned in Germany for Christmas?

Another day, another legal battle over patents, and another one HTC has lost. HTC has withdrawn its appeal against the defeat it suffered to patent company IPCom, meaning it is now open to having to pay IPComs costs, as well as a handset ban on any that involve …

Acer announces Liquid Express phone. Oh and by the way it has NFC.

Acer have announced the Liquid Express phone. It looks a lot like previous model in the Liquid range. Two things are different though. The Liquid Express has Gingerbread and it also has … NFC. So I’m suddenly interested. Here is a bargain basement phone that appeared on both …

Three WiFi Router Review

Being registered on the Three PR list means that I often get emails about new devices. Recently one device which took my fancy was the new WiFi Hub. Three have a massive share of the Mobile Broadband market with an award winning HSPA+ network in the process of …

Apple Release iOS5.1 beta

Apple has released iOS5.1 beta to its developers. This is the first main update to iOS5 since it was released in Oct. Apple released a minor update iOS 5.0.1 earlier this month to address the battery issues that many iPhone users had to deal with. This update for …

Nokia Lumia Live feat deadmau5

In just a few minutes you’ll be able to watch Nokia Live featuring deadmau5. They’ll be taking over the Millbank Tower in London and the whole thing is going to get streamed on live.deadmau5.com and you can get instant news and images facebook.com/nokia.uk. Update – Live feed starting …

Orange Increase Contract Charges By 4.3%

In a move which will annoy a lot of people, especially those who this is relevant too, Orange have announced they are to increase monthly prices by 4.3% starting in January 2012 it has been said over at Mobile Today. ‘Unfortunately, we’ve had to re-evaluate our prices for the first time …

Nokia N900 shown running ICS

Well, there’s not a great deal I can say about this is there? Here’s the Nokia N900 running Ice Cream Sandwich, aka Android 4.0. It’s a quick little video and things are very much in the early stages, but it does show what’s possible 🙂 It shows what …

Acer Iconia A100 – Review

We have recently received an Acer Iconia A100 and boy what a great device it is. So enough of the introduction, lets get down to the nitty gritty. Hardware The Acer Iconia has a 7″ Capacative screen, Android 3.2, Tegra 2 chipset, 8GB built in memory and a …

Yandex Acquire SPB Software

SPB Software, the mobile software development company famed for it’s prevalence on Windows Mobile devices of the past, has been acquired by Russian company Yandex for an undisclosed amount. Yandex is known throughout Russia as the provider of the country’s leading search engine and operates across most of Eastern Europe. SPB …

HTC Ville snapped with specs

This slender device is the HTC Ville – a name that’s just one letter away from disaster. Set for an apparent launch at Mobile World Congress, this has HTC Sense 4.0, Android 4.0, a 4.3″ qHD Super AMOLED screen and an 8 megapixel with full HD video capture. …

Cheap Bluechip Android handset SIM free at Tesco

On a trip to Tesco Ant spotted this, the Neon Android from a company called Bluechip. There, next to the “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter”, is this bargain-bucket SIM-free phone. It’s £79.97 with a Tesco SIM card and, although the specs aren’t exactly stellar, it could be …

HTC HD2 gets a tasty Ice Cream Sandwich

The poor old HTC HD2. It’s had some serious abuse from the community. Windows Mobile 6.5 powered it originally but then someone put Android Gingerbread onto it. After that there was a Windows Phone 7 ROM, followed by dual-boot special. Now, now the HD2 has received the all-new …

Three Agree To Stock Sensation XE

Who says people power does not matter!.  Earlier today just before AskThree kicked off on Twitter, Three announced that due to popular demand they WILL now be selling the Sensation XE from HTC. Don’t forget to check our review of the HTC Sensation XE if you’re thinking about buying this …

Motorola RAZR now available on O2

Looking forward to getting a Motorola Razr? You can buy one now on O2 for nothing on certain plans (£57 per month or more) or pay £249.99 up-front and pay £16.50 per month. Powered by Android 2.3 and featuring “MotoCast” to stream your media to your PC, it’s …

Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi Hub now available from Three

Just a few weeks ago we caught sight of this WiFi hub. Available on Three you simply stick your existing USB wireless dongle in and it’ll turn magically into a WiFi hotspot. It costs £39.99 and allows five devices to be connected with Three speeds of up to …

T-Mobile Launch Vivacity Handset

T-Mobile UK have just launched a great value Android phone on their network called the Vivacity.  With a 3.5 inch screen, 5 megapixel camera, support for 32GB memory cards and running Gingerbread the Vivacity should be a great upgrade to the older ‘Pulse’ range which was on T-Mobile …

Nokia – “We are off to an excellent start”

We heard just the other day how analysts were pouring cold water over the Nokia Lumia 800 sales predictions. Nokia have told BGR that.. Lumia 800 sales in the U.K. are off to an excellent start. Based on earliest data the sales start of the Lumia 800 is …

Android App Review – AVG Antivirus Free

So word on the street (and when I say street, I mean the good old information super-highway) is that viruses and malware are becoming quite a big threat for Android users, but that is a story for another post. I want to have a chat about one app …

Hands On – O2 BoostBox

A while back we talked about the impending trial from O2 around their femtocell technology – well the box finally arrived and I’m going to show a couple of pictures of the mythical beast. Firstly we’ll note that IT IS A TRIAL !… this is not for the …

Get the ZTE skate cheap, but be quick!

Get yourself over to Amazon at 17.30 today (GMT) and you’ll find a rather tasty deal on the ZTE Skate. We’re not sure how much they’ll be knocking off the handset just yet, but it’ll definitely be a lot less than the usual £200+ This is all part …